1. Court Rules Against Obama's Cross-State Air Pollution Rule
Utilities and business groups fought Obama's Cross-State Air Pollution Rule arguing that it was costly, burdensome, and arbitrary. ... These regulations would require 28 states and the District of Columbia to install new pollution controls and establish a limited cap-and-trade system that would have allowed utilities to buy and sell pollution credits to make their facilities compliant with the standards (Eilperin). ... This decision does not eliminate the need to reduce dangerous air pollution that blows across state lines" (Eilperin). ... "EDF will immediately seek corrective acti...
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